Women and TLUG - a personal rant

[Bill Thanis]

A point for Bull DUncan:
This list will be shut down before it gets moderated. There isn't enough
volunteers to do the important stuff, and moderating a list that is run as
a courtesy to the community isn't exactly the highest priority.

Bill



On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:23 PM, ted leslie <ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I don't disagree with this, but this is a internet forum (not an office),
> and all though what I am about to say isn't
> complementary to William or "Z",
> especially in Z case, i have to think he was blitz out of his gourd when
> he did some of his writing.
> William could have been, could have even pulled a "Rob Ford".
> These "Meds" (liquor , crack, etc) are not sodium thiopental , not even to
> say that really is a truth drug.
> People that may get "medicated" at home, may just do really dumb things,
> and it may not be accurate at all of there true nature. Hopefully in these
> cases there is an apology. Maybe even a "Rob Ford" admission moment.
>
> -tl
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Renata Rocha <natzilla-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> > I disagree.  His comment basically amounts to "women are whores".  If
>> that's
>> > not an example of inciting hatred, I'm not sure what is.
>> >
>> > You're delusional.  You're describing a textbook example of workplace
>> sexual
>> > harassment.  Just because *you* didn't experience it as such doesn't
>> mean
>> > the same was true of others.  I suspect some of those who "rolled their
>> eyes
>> > and played along" felt like they had no choice if they wanted to keep
>> their
>> > jobs.  This kind of thing is against the law for a reason.
>>
>> I know a story. This girl I know was hired - she thought - because of
>> her skills. Second day on the job and her boss comes and makes a
>> comment about how she is sexy (and other very inappropriate things).
>> She feels really violated and basically tells the boss to fuck off.
>> She loses the job on the spot. People from the office tell her she's
>> such a fool and she should "have played along" because "he does that
>> to all the girls", but "he's such a nice guy".
>>
>> But, you know, "women are whores" and if the guy is a "nice fellow" he
>> is allowed to joke around with the girls, right? What are they
>> complaining about?
>>
>> I'd really like to see these comments taken seriously and it's not
>> because someone is "our friend" or "a nice person" that we should be
>> permissive.
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